He was afraid that if he continued to stay here, he would sooner or later be annoyed to death by Zhao Jun's jokes about the Song Dynasty.
After Zhao Zhen left, the meeting was over.
After all, everything that needed to be said had been said, and the next step was for everyone to prepare for the establishment of the new department.
On the way back, Zhao Jun noticed that everyone was silent and asked, "What's wrong with you all? Telling more jokes is good for your physical and mental health, don't you know?"
"You little bastard, stop talking."
Yan Shu laughed and scolded, "Can't you see that the emperor's nose is almost crooked with anger?"
Zhao Jun curled his lips and defended himself, "I'm doing this to train the emperor's psychological endurance. If he can't accept such a small matter, then when the Song Dynasty sends troops to destroy the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms in the future, won't he be so excited that he dies?"
"Are you still planning to send troops to Xixia and Liao?"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Now the Song Dynasty is barely in the middle position among the Three Kingdoms.
According to Zhao Jun, in two years, Li Yuanhao would first defeat the Song Dynasty and then the Liao Dynasty, and would jump to the second place, while the Song Dynasty would be completely at the bottom.
With such weak strength, you still want to take the initiative to send troops. Isn't this courting death?
"What else?"
Zhao Jun said disdainfully, "You guys are even more timid than flea feces. Xixia and Liao were originally our lands. They were taken away from us, yet you still dare not take them back. You are so heartless."
Everyone looked at each other and thought to themselves, "You are too brave, that's why we are afraid of you."
"Ahem."
Lu Yijian coughed twice and said, "Let's discuss these matters when the Song Dynasty is strong and powerful. The most important thing now is the affairs of the Political System Council."
"Then let's set it up as soon as possible. But I think work should not forget entertainment, and we should still listen to jokes often."
Zhao Jun made suggestions.
Everyone turned a deaf ear and quickened their pace.
"Hello, hello, hello."
Seeing that these old men, all in their fifties and sixties, were still walking so fast, Zhao Jun repeatedly called out, "How about another Zhao Guangyi joke?"
Everyone's pace became faster, and they disappeared outside the Yeonbokgung Palace as quickly as if their feet were greased.
Zhao Jun felt very regretful when he saw them running away.
It's a pity that everyone covered their ears and ran away, saying "I don't want to listen, it's just a turtle chanting sutras". It's obvious that the jokes of the Song Dynasty are such a great source of happiness.
Even though the Song Dynasty was founded by his ancestors, just like the Manchus in later generations were unhappy with the actions of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Jun also disliked the bad things his ancestors did.
Therefore, when I was surfing the Internet back then, I saw those jokes about the Song Dynasty and read them with great interest and never got tired of it.
Before their eyes recovered, these people loved to listen to jokes about the Song Dynasty. But now that their eyes have recovered, they've become ostriches and stopped listening. How regrettable!
Zhao Jun sighed and lamented.
But he also knew that he had already talked about one thing today, and it was not the right time for the second one.
After all, they had just decided on a national issue, determined to reform the Song Dynasty and make it strong. But they kept talking about the ugly things of the Song Dynasty to them, which was like pouring cold water on them.
So I can only bear it for now. It’s not too late to tell it when I find a chance. There are still many jokes in the Song Dynasty. There is no shortage of time to tell them.
As for their proposal to give lectures later, Zhao Jun did not refuse.
Since we've already arrived in the Song Dynasty, I might as well give more lectures and bring in some personal ideas to subtly influence these people, letting them listen more to the great man's sacred voice, and perhaps they will change.
Even if there is no change to them, it doesn't matter. As long as I tell them that what I said is the right path for the Song Dynasty, they will not dare to stop me. This will also make it much more convenient for future governance.
Soon Zhao Jun left the palace and headed towards the Imperial City Administration.
He currently has several things on his hands, such as cracking down on underground forces, expanding the scale of the Imperial City Bureau, and he must have some legitimate industries to make money, etc.
Although the issue of the Constitutional Council has been raised today and a framework has been drawn up, it will take more than a day or two to set it up immediately.
The status of the Political System Council is comparable to the State Council in later generations, so the future structure of the Song Dynasty will become a system of one council, two governments and three departments.
Reconstructing a department that is superior to the two governments and three departments is far from an easy task.
Even if Zhao Zhen and the three prime ministers and three councilors all agreed, there would certainly be voices of opposition and various doubts within the court.
Although this seems to be a good opportunity for the literati to centralize power and gain more power from the government.
But the scholar-official class itself is divisive.
Unless the interests of the entire scholar-official class are affected like Fan Zhongyan's reforms, they will castrate themselves.
They did not want a strong civilian government to emerge, and internal strife and conflicts of interest would arise among them. This has always been the case with the constant party struggles in the Song and Ming dynasties.
Especially when the leader of the Constitutional Court was still Zhao Jun of the Imperial City Administration, I am afraid that if the news got out, the whole court would be in an uproar.
Therefore, this matter needs to be handled in detail by Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian.
At that time, Zhao Jun will have to use his skills and abilities to suppress the voices of opposition in the court.
(End of this chapter)
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